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Local Rice: Hoarders sabotaging price affordability stakeholders
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By Jimoh Babatunde & Gabriel Ewepu
John Osagie, a driver with a blue chip company in Lagos, was in a jubilative mood when he learnt that President Muhammed Buhari has approved the immediate reopening of four of the nation’s major land borders.
His joy is based on the fact that the price of rice will come down as he claimed that the price of local rice is going beyond the reach of the average Nigerian.
Unknown to him and others who are jubilating that the borders have been reopened is that the ban on the importation of rice, poultry and others was not lifted.
Declare services export sector priority sector Dr Obiora
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By Gabriel Ewepu
As the Buhari-led administration continue to harp on diversifying the economy to non-oil sectors, the National President of the Association of Outsourcing Professionals of Nigeria, AOPN, Dr Madu Obiora, in this interview tasked the government on declaring the services export sector a priority sector and also showcase Nigeria as reliable and quality service destination in Africa, as he spoke on other salient issues that would boost the economy.
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Services Export, what is it about?
Let us start by defining what service export is and who is a service exporter. You export service and are a service exporter when the person paying for the service is not a resident in your country. Let me also explain the difference between services export and export services. Services export are services that is bought by a foreign client while export services are services that are offered locally to facilitate ex